Talon vs Amumu
How to Beat Amumu as Talon
based on 1,725 Talon vs Amumu matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Talon vs Amumu Matchup Summary
Best Talon vs Amumu Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Amumu as Talon
Tips for Playing as Talon against Amumu
Shadow Assault is a powerful escape tool, but can also be offensively used to assault a group.
You can use Assassin's Path to get behind the enemy and set up for Noxian Diplomacy's melee attack.
Remember to pick your target before the fight. Focusing all of Talon's abilities on one target can be very rewarding, but splitting them up between many may leave you helpless.
Advice to Win Against Amumu
Amumu's Despair makes purchasing primarily Health items a risky proposition.
Erratic movement, or hiding behind creep waves can make it difficult for Amumu to instigate a fight with Bandage Toss.
Avoid bunching up with other allies when Amumu has his ultimate available.
Talon vs Amumu Counter Stats
How to Counter Amumu with Talon in LoL
The stats provided here show several critical Talon versus Amumu counter statistics that can help you interpret the differences between the two. Talon’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Amumu’s ratio of NaN, showing that Talon may be more central to his team's team fighting capacity than Amumu. This observation is in large part caused by the difference in kills.
Talon usually has a much larger longest kill spree than his opponent does. On average, he takes less damage than Amumu. This commonly reflects differing health capacities, but it can also imply that the champ with more health has less mobility and thus is not able to escape further damage when poked or engaged.
Differences between Talon and Amumu
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Who is Better, Talon or Amumu?
Both League champions are great. Both have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Talon usually loses when taking on Amumu, with a 48.6% win rate. Therefore, Talon makes a bad counter for Amumu.
While Talon does have a lower winrate than Amumu, when on opposite teams, Talon also has a much greater learning curve that makes him a more time consuming champ to pick up and master. You still need to be cautious when picking Talon into Amumuas his relative depth means you may not be able to reach his full potential without a lot of practice beforehand.
Moreover, Talon also has only a small amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Amumu. This often makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when trying to counter champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there is not a single best champion overall in League of Legends, in Talon vs Amumu matchups, Amumu is the better champ with a lower win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your team members during team fights.
Talon is a somewhat poor counter for Amumu. Focus your strategy on keeping up your CS and taking out objectives. If you do that, you should hold your own as Talon against Amumu.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to truly master Talon to counter Amumu during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to pick up a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you listen to the build and tips displayed above, you should grow your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Talon often gets much more CS relative to Amumu. Champions who on average don't get much CS typically don't have to have much CS to be valuable teammates, such as sup champs. These kinds of champions are able to scale properly off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champs with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, often need a lot of items to be effective. In either case, try to surpass the numbers reported on this page to do well.
The top items to prioritize in your Talon versus Amumu build include Black Cleaver, Sundered Sky, and Eclipse. When Talon incorporated at least these three pieces in his build, he did significantly better against Amumu than with many other typical item sets. In fact, Talon boasted an average winrate of 48.6% when playing against Amumu with these items in his kit.
To have the best chance of defeating Amumu as Talon, Talon players should use the First Strike, Magical Footwear, Minion Dematerializer, Cosmic Insight, Sudden Impact, and Treasure Hunter runes from the Inspiration and Domination rune sets. Of all the runes players picked for Talon vs Amumu LoL games, this sequence of runes resulted in the greatest win rate. In fact, these runes provided a 48.6% win rate overall.
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